Luther, Martin, 138. Macbeth, 129. Macdonald, George, 143. Mahomet, 111. Malthus, 118. Man, light on his nature, 163. Manhood, The ideal, 166. Marble Faun, 137. Marseillaise, The, 219. Matthewson, Dr. Geo., 245. Marguerite, 35. Melchizedek, 133. Milton, John, 82, 83, 92, 255. Moral order, 51. Morally excellent, the, how discern, 63. Moral failure, 73, 129. Moral evil inexplicable, 173. More, Sir Thomas, 304. Napoleon, 74. Nelson, Lord, 220. New College, Oxford, 70. Newton, Sir Isaac, 202. Ney, Marshal, 219. Nightingale, Florence, 220. Nurture, 211. Nurture, part of parents in, 214. Nurture, vitally important, 224, 225. Optimism, 105. Optimism, Rational basis of, 113. Over-soul, 94, 184. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 82. Parents' duty to children, 149. Pascal, 21. Paul, 80. Pearson, Bishop, 272. Personality, 29, 270. Pigmies, 293. Pilgrim's Progress, 6. Plato, 140. Plan of salvation, 155. Poe, Edgar A., 74. Prayer, 276. Prayers for the dead, objections, 269. Prayers for the dead, definition, 270. Prayers for the dead, how justified, 272. Preexistence, 10. Prodigal Son, 27, 28. Prometheus, 12. Prophecy, 121. Protestants and doctrine of prayers for the dead, 269. Rabbi Ben Ezra, 305. Re-awakening of the Soul, 130. Re-awakening vs. Awakening, 147. Responsibility, 30. Resurrection of Christ, 14. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 79. Ring and the Book, 129. Roman Church and prayers for the dead, 282. Sakya Muni, 199. Santiago, 196. Satisfaction, 155. Saul, Browning's, 152. Scarlet Letter, The, 137. Self-realization, 31. Shakespeare, 112, 129, 255. Shelley, 74, 129. Siddhartha, 111. Sin always evil, 119. Sin a reality, 127. Sin, Mystery of, 172. Socrates, 74, 111, 199, 253. Sophocles, 129. Soul, Solitary, 87. Souls in society, 103. Soul, what awakens, 34. Soul, definition, 7. Soul, origin, 9. Soul, limited by body, 77. Soul, full of prophecies, 257. Spartans, 65. Spirit evidence of being of God, 20. Spiritual protection, 188. Spirits attract spirits, 194. Spirit, The Eternal, 206. Spitta, Karl J.P., 210. Subconscious action, 20. Sympathy, definition, 106. Sympathy, results from severe experience, 109. Suffering no mistake, 116. Suffering made endurable, 167. Temptations of saints, 84. Tennyson, 85, 113, 126, 129, 274. Thoughts important in character, 230. Training an element in nurture, 220. Transfiguration of Christ, 14. Truth, Search for, 191. Truth finds those prepared for it, 269. Ulysses, 83. Universe, Moral, 93. Universe, The idea of, 159. Utopia, 304. Vedas, Hymns of, 114. Warning voices, 187. Watch on the Rhine, 219. Welldon, 273, 280, 281. Whittier, John G., 220. Wilberforce, William, 140, 220. Wilson, Bishop, 226, 306. Wingfold, Thomas, 143. Wordsworth, 2, 10, 48, 182. End of Project Gutenberg's The Ascent of the Soul, by Amory H. Bradford